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OET (OET-LV) And who is_ not _taking the stake of_him and is_following after me, is not worthy of_me.
OET (OET-RV) Anyone who doesn’t pick up their own execution stake and carry it as they follow me, is not worthy of being mine.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
ὃς οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ ὀπίσω μου, οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος
who not /is/_taking the cross ˱of˲_him and /is/_following after me not is ˱of˲_me worthy
If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this sentence that has two negatives. Alternate translation: “whoever is worthy of me takes up his cross and follows after me”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ
not /is/_taking the cross ˱of˲_him
Jesus assumes that the disciples will know that the Romans executed some criminals by nailing them to a wooden beam with crossbar that was set upright so that the criminals would slowly suffocate. Jesus also assumes that the disciples will know that the Romans made these criminals carry these wooden crosses through the streets to the place where they were going to be executed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make some of this information more explicit. Alternate translation: “does not take up the wooden cross on which he will be executed”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
οὐ λαμβάνει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ
not /is/_taking the cross ˱of˲_him
Here Jesus speaks of taking up a cross in order to describe people who are ready and willing to suffer and even die because they follow Jesus. Because this figure of speech is connected to how Jesus himself died on a cross, if possible you should preserve the metaphor or express the idea in simile form. Alternate translation: “is not ready to suffer, which is like taking up his cross,” or “does not take up his cross, ready to suffer or die,”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
αὐτοῦ
˱of˲_him
Although the term his is masculine, Jesus is using the word in a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a phrase that makes this clear. Alternate translation: “his or her”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
οὐκ ἔστιν μου ἄξιος
not is ˱of˲_me worthy
See how you translated the phrase worthy of me in the previous verse. Alternate translation: “does not deserve to be my disciple”
10:34-39 Allegiance to Jesus has priority over allegiance to family.
OET (OET-LV) And who is_ not _taking the stake of_him and is_following after me, is not worthy of_me.
OET (OET-RV) Anyone who doesn’t pick up their own execution stake and carry it as they follow me, is not worthy of being mine.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.